http://www.virtualizationfeed.comVirtualization Feed aggregates the latest news and opinion from virtualization experts worldwide. Posts are updated in real-time without moderation.en-usChris Wolfhttp://www.chriswolf.com/?p=381Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:22 +0000http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=381This year’s Catalyst North America conference is in San Diego from July 27-31. With the speaker lineup all set, I thought it would be a good time to share more conference details. This year we have 2 1/2 days of cloud and virtualization coverage, with a special focus on architecture, performanDan Kusnetzkyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnet/virtualization/~3/IlZH5pasnwo/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:57 +0000http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnet/virtualization/~3/IlZH5pasnwo/It’s been quite a while since I last spoke with the folks from DataCore. I believe that the last post on this company was back in August 2008 (see Datacore - nothing but storage.) Last time the discussion focused on the need organizations should recognize to pair virtual storage solutions withKevin Fogartyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cio/feed/topic/168354/~3/t5LUNSuQPgo/Cisco_Looks_to_Accelerate_Virtualization_DeploymentsThu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cio/feed/topic/168354/~3/t5LUNSuQPgo/Cisco_Looks_to_Accelerate_Virtualization_DeploymentsCisco is looking to accelerate the rate at which customers adopt virtualization in their data centers, company officials said at the Cisco Live event this week.Tarry Singhhttp://www.ideationcloud.com/2009/07/virtual-box-30-released-reddit-fans-are-excited/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:06:56 +0000http://www.ideationcloud.com/2009/07/virtual-box-30-released-reddit-fans-are-excited/ Look at it yourself. and here are the features This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: * Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see chapter 3.7.2.2 of the user manual) * Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications [...]David Marshall VM Bloghttp://vmblog.com/archive/2009/07/01/fujifilm-uk-focuses-on-datacore-s-sanmelody-for-storage-virtualization-cost-savings-and-disaster-recovery.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 20:38:00 GMThttp://vmblog.com/archive/2009/07/01/fujifilm-uk-focuses-on-datacore-s-sanmelody-for-storage-virtualization-cost-savings-and-disaster-recovery.aspxDataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced that Read more at VMblog.com.Tarry Singhhttp://www.ideationcloud.com/2009/07/openqrm-45-cloud-platform-released-with-vcd-visual-cloud-designer-and-lots-of-features/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:16:14 +0000http://www.ideationcloud.com/2009/07/openqrm-45-cloud-platform-released-with-vcd-visual-cloud-designer-and-lots-of-features/ As you all know, openQRM is my favorite open source data center management product. Look at those new cool features… Some more highlights of openQRM 4.5 : A new plugin now integrates with Dell Equallogic Storage to support direct deployment of physical systems or virtual machines from the Maarten Goethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techlog/~3/uRRHPQIeVtQ/system_center_server_managemenWed, 01 Jul 2009 21:23:00 +0200http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techlog/~3/uRRHPQIeVtQ/system_center_server_managemenFull details on the transition and migration path for existing customers on SMSE and new customers moving to SMSD System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise is versionless and product use rights are determined by the status of System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise Software AssuraHyperVoriahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HyperVoria/~3/owgKS1UbVfk/changes-to-virtual-machine-snapshots-in-windows-server-2008-r2.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 19:08:00 GMThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HyperVoria/~3/owgKS1UbVfk/changes-to-virtual-machine-snapshots-in-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx Ben Armstrong: In Windows Server 2008 R2 we have made some surgical changes to the way virtual machine snapshots work and how they are exposed in the system in order to address some key customer pain points.  Changes include:    * You can now export a single snapshot from a virScott Lowehttp://feeds.scottlowe.org/~r/slowe/content/feed/~3/7A__evow1xY/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:13:08 +0000http://feeds.scottlowe.org/~r/slowe/content/feed/~3/7A__evow1xY/This post is one of a series of posts that I published at Storage Monkeys in late 2008, but it appears that all of this content has now gone offline. I'll be republishing relevant posts here over the next few weeks. In this post, I discuss myths regarding VMware over NFS.This article was originally SearchServerVirtualization Bloghttp://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/will-oracle-kill-sun-virtualization-too/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:39:53 +0000http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/will-oracle-kill-sun-virtualization-too/Oracle has stopped selling Virtual Iron products, terminated its Virtual Iron reseller agreements and seen the departures of two top Virtual Iron execs. We still don’t know what Oracle’s plans are for the Virtual Iron technology it acquired in May, but in light of these developments, a m